A Basic Skills Course of
no less than six hours. An attorney may satisfy this requirement by
participating in a mentoring program approved by the Illinois Supreme
Court’s Commission on Professionalism.

At least nine additional
hours of Illinois approved MCLE credit. These nine hours may include any
number of hours approved for professional responsibility credit.
Completing the mentoring program cited above counts toward these nine
hours only if it was not completed in lieu of the Basic Skills course.
(You cannot start earning these hours until after you are sworn into the
bar.)

The completion deadline is
the last day of the month that you were admitted to the Illinois bar
– one year later. (For example, if you were admitted
November 6, 2014, your completion deadline is November
30, 2015).

Report MCLE
by Reporting Deadline

Once you have completed the
15 hours of MCLE requirements above, you must submit an online or paper
compliance report to the MCLE Board www.mcleboard.org by the
“reporting deadline”. The reporting deadline is 31 days
after the completion deadline. (For example, if your completion
deadline is November 30, 2015 then your reporting deadline is December
31, 2015).

Regardless of admission
date, a newly-admitted attorney's initial two-year reporting period for
complying with the general MCLE requirements (30 total hours, including
at least six hours of professional responsibility (PR) ) begins after
the completion deadline for the newly admitted attorney requirement
above.

Your reporting group is
based on your last name on file with the ARDC on your swearing-in date.
Once you are admitted, your reporting group does not change even if your
name does.

Your initial two-year
reporting period begins on the July 1 after the completion deadline for
your reporting group – an even-numbered year for A-M last names
and an odd-numbered year for N-Z last names. For example, if attorneys
Smith and Jones were admitted in November 2014, the initial
two-year reporting period starts July 1, 2016 for Atty. Smith and July
1, 2017 for Atty. Jones.

To confirm your initial
2-year reporting period, go to the MCLE Board Web site at www.mcleboard.org and click on
"Attorneys Report Online."